Taft in coma as doctors warn end may come soon
Former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft sank into a coma amid arteriosclerosis fears. Physicians reported slight improvement yet warned the end could come abruptly, while recalling his 1909 inauguration anniversary approaching.
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New York World News Service
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Taft
Wyoming Avenue
Thomas A. Claytor
Francis R. Hagner
White House
Drs
Claytor Magner
Mr. Taft
Claytor
Coroner Probes Shooting of Alice Lola Lee in Madison
Miss Alice Lola Lee aged 20 from Mitchell Ind was found dead with a gunshot wound in Madison. Nathan Mayfield admitted bringing her from Mishawaka and knew her for two years. Cartridges for a revolver were found in her purse, authorities say she may have died by her own action. She left a two year old child cared for by an aunt in Indiana.
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Ind
Alice Lola Lee
Mitchell
Nathan P. Mayfield
Coronier
John H. Gans
Mishawaka
Mayfield
Miss Lee
Restauran
Versailles High School
Franklin College
She W
Indiana
Stone Moses Stand Relic Stolen from Rosicrucian Museum
In San Jose on March 3 a fragment of a stone associated with Moses and the tribes of Israel was stolen from the Rosicrucian museum. Dr Spencer Lewis, temple caretaker, warned the thief risks an ancient Egyptian curse and noted the piece, about the size of a dinner plate, bears red hieroglyphics.
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San Jose
Cal
Moses
Israel
Spencer Lewis
Nye seeks Senate inquiry into Farm Board relief act
Senator Nye proposes a Senate inquiry into the operation of the farm relief act and Farm Board administration. The measure would probe grain trade actions and a Chicago conference between Farm Board officials and the National Grain Corporation, with a report on efforts to depress world prices to discredit the Farm Board. The Agriculture Committee scheduled a meeting to consider referral. some senators urged independent inquiry.
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Farm Board
Senate
Nye
Rep. N. D
Agriculture Committee
Chicago
National Grain Corporation
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Harrison
Miss
Young School Girls Suspected in Robberies
Two Norwood High School girls will be questioned over possible links to several suburban robberies. Police tied the suspects to Walter Wiehe and Hebert Dellbrugge, who confessed to attempting a Refiners Oil Station burglary on Madison Road. They also face questions about a separate $30 robbery on Madison Road and other Madeira holdups. Police withheld the girls’ names.
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Norwood High School
Elmer O'Neil
Cincinnati
Walter Wiehe
Amity Road
Hebert Dellbrugge
Madeira
Ohio
Madison Road
Edward Morgan
Dellbrugge
Informal Talks Advance on Japanese American Naval Settlement
London reports progress as Senator Reed and Ambassador Matsudaira push informal discussions on settling naval differences between the United States and Japan. Stimson and colleagues weigh how openly to address the delicate issue while Tokyo awaits results.
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London
Reed
Matsudaira
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Tokyo
Pennsylvania
City Council hears protest against auto radio ban
Representatives from radio firms storage battery makers automobile dealers and the Chamber of Commerce urged postponement of a proposed ordinance prohibiting car radios. The Law Committee planned indefinite postponement while a second ordinance targeting exhaust pipes was likely to pass.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Council Law Committee
Stanley Matthews
John Druffel
Col
Sherrill
Crosley Radio Corporation
Camp Washington
Radio Company
Four Denver boys and priest found after 24 hours missing
Four Denver boys Gene Ater Francis Hines Joe Verlinden and George Bessler and their Scout leader Rev. Roger Hoehn were lost in Webster Park south of Royal Gorge for nearly a day. Exhausted but alive they were found by a search party with Hines and Verlinden guiding the effort.
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Canon City
Col
Denver
Webster Park
Royal Gorge
Gene Ater
Francis Hines
Joe Verlinden
George Bessler
Roger Hoehn
Abbey School
The
Benedictine Fathers
Ater
Bessler
Father Hoehn
Hines
Verlinden
Sherrill Alters Arrest Policy For Disease Suspects
In a Common Pleas Court case tied to the Workhouse, William Thorndyke seeks release for Mrs. Massie Jarrell. He claims unqualified staff mistreat patients and that arrests of disease suspects have been mishandled and inhumane. Col. Sherrill reportedly ordered future arrests in the streets only, by multiple officers, to curb blackmail risk.
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Common Pleas Court
William Thorndyke
Massie Jarrell
Charles §. Bell
Thorndyke
Col. Sherrill
O.t
Jarrell
Samuel Goldblatt
Edna Marshall
Mariemont property owners resist annexation to Cincinnati
At the Mariemont Community Center a meeting with about sixty property owners debated annexation to Cincinnati. Thomas J. Hogan of the Mariemont Company argued for annexation while stressing costs and promised public amenities. Organizers led by W. F. Keown planned to oppose annexation, citing governance costs and tax implications for residents.
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Manemont
Cincinnati
Mariemont
Henry J. Mohlman
Cincinnati Real Estate Board
David W. Peacock
W. F. Keown
Thomas J. Hogan
Mariemont Company
Thomas J. Emery
W. E. Leavitt
Keown
A.M. Kinney
A. N. Hohneck
Charles Singer
Rubio Receives Athletes After Recovery in Mexico City
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio appeared publicly for the first time since his February wounds. He greeted about a hundred Mexican athletes in the garden of his home and handed each a Mexican flag to carry to the Central American Olympic games in Havana opening soon.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Havana
Florida Denies Nugent On Wait Extradition
Cincinnati officers sought executive approval to extradite Ray Nugent on murder and bank robbery charges in Ohio but were told Florida would not honor the requisition. Nugent, released in Miami on a $10,000 bond after a habeas action, faces potential forfeiture if he remains for extradition hearings set for March 4. Local officials expect Nugent to forfeit the bond as authorities wait for the governor’s decision.
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Fla
Cincinnati
Gary P Dogle E. Carlton
Ray Nugent
Ohio
Nugent
Mie
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Tomorr
Flicele Nat
Miami
Hils
Hamilton County
Toledo
Nelson Schwab
Dade County
Miller
Doyle Carlet
Carleton
Hida
Florida
Music peddlers fined after street selling song sheets
Samuel Silver of 113% East Eighth street and companions James Miller and Carl Olson were arrested for peddling without a license. A mix up between judges left Silver fined and Miller and Olson each paying $8 and costs.
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Thomas Elliott
A. L. Luebbers
Samuel Silver
East Eighth Street
Artend
Silver
James Miller
Carl Olson
Toledo
Judge Elliott
4Éuebbers
Elliott
Siftler
Olson
Miller
Olg
Sex book vindicated in appeals court ruling
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Mrs Mary Ware Dennett who faced a year in prison and a $300 fine for mailing a copy of The Sex Side of Life to a Virginia recipient. Judge Augustus Hand wrote the decision holding no case was made for jury submission.
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U. S
Mary Ware Dennett
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
C. A. Miles
Grottoes
Medical Review of Reviews
Tariff Bill Advances In Senate Amid Cotton Debate
In Washington on March 3 the Senate neared final action on the tariff bill after eleven hours of work in committee of the whole. Debate focused on key duties including sugar hides leather shoes brick and lumber with a roll call approving a seven cent cotton tariff of one and one eighth inches and over by 49 to 23. Republican independents signaled action would hinge on time allotted to other duties while Democratic leaders tempered expectations for rapid completion.
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Washington
Smoot
Finance Committee
Senate
Shortridge
Rep
Cal
Doctor Scully Shot Dead in Cleveland Office
Dr. Alfred P. Scully, 60, was shot and killed in his Cleveland office around 7:45 p.m. by an unknown assailant. The body was found slumped under his desk. police believe a patient who visited about 5:30 may be connected. The weapon was a large caliber pistol and no motive is clear.
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Cleveland
Alfred P. Scully
Scully
West Side
Dr. Scully
Blank Bullet Kills Man in Dare Incident
Roy R. Kidden of Elizabeth West Virginia died from a bullet wound to the left lung caused by a blank cartridge. The shot was fired yesterday on a dare in East Liverpool Ohio.
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East Liverpool
Roy R. Kidden
Elizabeth
W. Va
Sackett Visits Leipzig Spring Fair
Ambassador Frederic C. Sackett visited the Leipzig Spring Fair to view American exhibits including Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Baltimore Association of Commerce. Dealers report a drop in American orders for luxury goods and Nuremberg tin-toys, now made in the United States, while German dolls, wooden toys, and chinaware remain popular in the American market.
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Leipzig
Germany
Frederic C. Sackett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Nuremberg
United States
Senate fast debate on unemployment sparks labor bill talks
Washington March 3 A Senate session focused on unemployment prompts Wagner and La Follette to push new employment systems. Johnson invites their measures to the Commerce Committee with a Thursday session. Debate touches on the public buildings program and veteran bonus funding while senators urge action and accountability.
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Senate
Wagner
Dem
N. Y
la Follette
Rep
Wis
Johnson
Commerce Committee
da Huto F Vandenberg
Michy
Couzens
Mich
Brookhart
Robinson
Indi
Congress
House
Tee Wagner
Fess
Montana Liberals Seek Scalp of Senator Walsh
Washington dispatch reports national wet forces to oppose Senator Thomas J. Walsh in the Montana primary. Prominent figures including Bruce Kremer and LaGuardia advocate making prohibition the key campaign issue, with wets and drys fighting across states.
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Montana
Walsh
New York World News Service
Washington
Congress
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem
Mont
Bruce Kremer
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Rep
N. Y
Adolph J. Sabath
Ill
Charles Linthicum
Mary J. Norton
N. J
Anti-Saloon League
LaGuardia
Kremer
Prince of Wales Aims to Leave Bed in a Day or Two
In Nairobi Kenya Colony the Prince of Wales recovers from sub-tertian malaria. Doctors and nurses care for him at government house. He hopes to be out within a day or two and may travel only with medical advice after his hunting party journey. He seeks an elephant hunt before leaving Africa.
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Prince OF Wales
Nairobs
Kenya Colony
Equatorial Africa
Kiu
Voi
Nairobi
Africa
Norwood Council in Turmoil Over Fire Hose Purchase
Norwood City Council erupted in verbal clashes when Councilman Clifford Stedig accused Director C. R. Wenzel of lying during a debate on funding fire hose and an air compressor for street work. Vice Mayor Dr. John S. Meserve and other members restored order as the stalled ordinance awaited passage.
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Norwood
Clifford Stedig
First Ward
C. R. Wenzel
Public Service
Mr. Wenzel
Mr. Medig
Finance Committee
Councis Stedig
Mr. Stedig
Wiliam J. Wiggeringloh
Temperatures and weather overview across states
The report outlines temperature trends for Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and West Virginia with rising readings and likely snow flurries in eastern areas. It lists current high and low temperatures for multiple cities and includes a table of past twenty four hour precipitation and wind conditions through a late day.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
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